David, Just to clarify something.
You're running Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 and the guest OS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5? We're having trouble reproducing this so I want to make sure we're using the right setup. Thanks, - Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Rose, Gregory V [mailto:gregory.v.r...@intel.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:06 AM > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T; david.ye...@oracle.com > Cc: e1000-devel; Allan, Bruce W; Brandeburg, Jesse; Steve Sarvate > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] Question about ixgbevf driver > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kirsher, Jeffrey T > > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:58 PM > > To: david.ye...@oracle.com; Rose, Gregory V > > Cc: Brandeburg, Jesse; Allan, Bruce W; Steve Sarvate; e1000-devel > > Subject: Re: Question about ixgbevf driver > > > > Adding e1000-devel mailing list as well as Greg Rose (ixgbevf > > maintainer)... > > I've never noticed this before but then I can't say as how I was looking > for it either. Let me check it out and I'll get back to you. > > - Greg > > > > > On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 17:26 -0800, David Yeung wrote: > > > Hi Bruce/Jeffrey/Jesse/, > > > > > > How do you do? > > > We are using the ixgbevf driver ( version: 2.4.0-NAPI ) to test the > > > VLAN interfaces of Twinville NICs inside the OEL 5 virtual machine, it > > > looks like the bi-directional network traffic ran properly on the VLAN > > > interfaces of Twinville NICs inside the OEL 5 virtual machine for > > > hours, but the ifconfig command reports strange amount ( it is 0 all > > > the time ) of RX packets and RX bytes of VLAN interfaces of > Twinville: > > > > > > [root@Twinville_VM_156 ~]# ifconfig > > > ......................................... > > > eth6.10 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > inet addr:192.6.10.156 Bcast:192.6.10.255 > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:111332155 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2565278846027 (2.3 TiB) > > > > > > eth6.11 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > inet addr:192.6.11.156 Bcast:192.6.11.255 > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:111289098 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2562582125939 (2.3 TiB) > > > > > > eth6.12 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > inet addr:192.6.12.156 Bcast:192.6.12.255 > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:111287930 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2564949229588 (2.3 TiB) > > > > > > eth6.13 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > inet addr:192.6.93.156 Bcast:192.6.93.255 > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:111070858 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2566358628283 (2.3 TiB) > > > > > > eth6.14 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:54:11:05:72:7C > > > inet addr:192.6.14.156 Bcast:192.6.14.255 > > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9210 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:111362848 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2566349976603 (2.3 TiB) > > > ......................................... > > > > > > [root@Twinville_VM_156 ~]# ethtool -i eth6 > > > driver: ixgbevf > > > version: 2.4.0-NAPI > > > firmware-version: N/A > > > bus-info: 0000:00:09.0 > > > [root@Powerville_VM_156 ~]# > > > > > > [root@Twinville_VM_156 ~]# cat /etc/*release > > > Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Carthage) Red > > > Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) > > > [root@Twinville_VM_156 ~]# > > > > > > Do you have any idea about this problem? Any workaround/fix for this > > > problem? > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > David > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex > infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to > virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual > desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure > costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox > _______________________________________________ > E1000-devel mailing list > E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel > To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit > http://communities.intel.com/community/wired ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. 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